Shappley joins First Bank

John M. Shappley has joined First Bank as executive vice president and chief credit officer. Shappley began his banking career in 1992 with Deposit Guaranty and has advanced his career at several Mississippi banks. While at The First Bancshares Inc., he was executive vice president/chief credit officer and regional president. At Wachovia Bank (now Wells Fargo), he was market president of Central Mississippi.

Shappley holds a RRA in finance from Mississippi State University and is a graduate of Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University.

He has served in advisory positions with the MSU School of Business and Industry and as national director of the MSU Alumni Association.

He participated in Leadership Mississippi, and has served on a number of advisory and charitable boards and committees in South Mississippi.

Shappley and his wife, T.J., have two children, Will and Caroline.

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